Consumer companies rose amid mixed earnings.
Warehouse membership chain BJ's Wholesale Club logged higher sales in its fiscal first quarter, as inflation-weary consumers sought bargains at the bulk seller.
Sam's Club Chief Operating Officer Tom Ward is leaving Walmart as part of a reshuffling of the executive ranks after new Chief Executive John Furner took over in February.
The University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment declined to 44.8 this month, from April's 49.8, an all-time low.
Shares of Puig, the Spanish owner of fashion and beauty brands such as Jean Paul Gaultier, tumbled after cosmetics firm Estee Lauder suspended buyout talks with the company.
















